Chinese name: Baibu—Creeping Baibu

Category: Roots

English name: JapaneseStemonaRoot

Alias: lice medicine .

Source: It is the root tuber of stemonajaponica (Bl.) Miq.

Harvesting and processing: Excavate in spring and autumn, remove fibrous roots, scald slightly in boiling water or steam until there is no white core, take out and dry in the sun.

Nature and flavor: The root is similar to the upright stems, with slightly narrower ends and a pale gray-white surface with many irregular wrinkles and horizontal wrinkles; the taste is bitter. It is slightly warm in nature, sweet and bitter in taste.

Plant form: Perennial twining herb. The stems are up to 100cm long. The leaves are whorled with 2 to 4 (~5) leaves, and the petiole is 1.5 to 3cm long; the leaves are ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3 to 9cm long, 1.5 to 4cm wide, and the apex is acuminate. The base is round or wide wedge-shaped, the edges are microwave-shaped, and the leaves have 5 to 9 veins. The flowers are solitary or arranged in several cymes, with the total pedicel completely attached to the midrib of the leaf; the tepals are 4, curling outward after opening; there is a short drill-shaped appendage at the top of the stamen anther. Capsule ovate, slightly flat. Seeds dark purple brown. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruiting period is in July.

Where it grows: Grows under shrubs or bamboo forests on shady slopes. Mainly produced in Zhejiang.

Chemical composition: Contains stemonine, stemonidine, isostemonidine, protostemonine, stemonidine ( stemonamine), isostemonamine, etc.

Functions and indications: Same as the upright Baibu. Remind you: Baibu—Crawling Baibu. This Chinese herbal medicine comes from the Internet. Please follow your doctor's advice before use.